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Why the Euro VI bus is essential to the success of Clean Air Zones

This blog from Dr David Begg discusses why the latest Euro VI Diesel bus is a crucial part of the solution to our air quality challenge. If diesel buses are banned from Clean Air Zones bus passengers will experience a reduction in service levels of at least 80%. A reduction of service of this magnitude will not only be disastrous for bus passengers, city economies, road congestion and social inclusion.

Tackling Pollution and Congestion

This report from Dr David Begg and Claire Haigh examines the Government’s plans to tackle poor air quality. The key conclusion is that while it is essential to clean up diesel vehicles, it is also crucial that congestion and the continual decline in urban traffic speeds across the UK is tackled.

The Impact of Congestion on Bus Passengers

Over the last 50 years, bus journey times have increased by almost 50% in the more congested urban areas. Already in London some buses on some routes run at close to walking speed. In this report, Professor David Begg highlights the crisis which has developed in bus service reliability across the UK.

Greener Journeys: helping to make the switch to bus and coach

Greener Journeys is a campaign dedicated to encouraging people to make more sustainable travel choices. We aim to reduce CO2 emissions from transport by encouraging people to switch some of their car journeys to bus or coach instead. Switching from car to bus for just one journey a month would mean one billion fewer car journeys on our roads and would save two million tonnes of CO2 every year.